MOTIVES OF CORPOREALITY IN THE POETICAL WORK OF MILAN DĚŽINSKY

Abstract

The article examines the motif of physicality in the works of the modern Czech poet, the author of several collections and the laureate of a number of literary prizes, Milan Děžinsky. By corporeality in the article, we understand everything that is connected with the image of the biological body, organism in one or another manifestation. The motif of corporality traditionally occupied a prominent place in Czech poetry. One way or another, this topic was touched upon by the majority of Czech poets of our time. Some interweave it with the image of the divine principle, in some we see parallels with the image of nature, the inner world of man, sometimes motifs related to the multiplicity of worlds are added. In Děžinsky's poetic world, the image of corporeality acquires new categories that are not inherent to it in everyday perception. It can be concrete, when the lyrical hero interacts with it in some way, or abstract, when its characteristics are mentioned only as a hint of it. It means that corporality in poetry is a multifaceted, ambiguous phenomenon. It can manifest itself both in concrete images, such as the human body, the body of an animal, a living or dead body, parts of the body with their manifestations, but also in a more abstract version, when we single out corporality as the law of the existence of the poetic world and its essence. The lyrical hero in this case learns this inner law, being himself a part of it.